$1000 Budget to rebuild my CPU
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wah u all damn rich... my budget of getting a new computer is always <1k( including LCD screen) as for laptop, <1.8k
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definitely not me, i see alot of forumnites with alot of ang bao $ thoughOriginally posted by manyu882:wah u all damn rich... my budget of getting a new computer is always <1k( including LCD screen) as for laptop, <1.8k
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i would suggest the opposite actually, that is, to get a good laptop, then totally dispense with your desktop.
Like my case, i got my pc first, then got my laptop(3 years later). Then when my pc spoilt 4 years later. I realised I can actually survive on the laptop alone.
My laptop works as a desktop. When i bring to office, it is my desktop for work. After work, i play games with it. I can always back up my work in office desktop.
Then in weekends, I bring back laptop for home use, like surf web, etc. That is, if you are the only one using the computer.
Just get a backup HDD for data backup on important stuff or personal stuff.
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Some courses and Polytechnics truely requires a sudent to use a mobile computing device. Be it a show off or neccesity don't really matter to me, just to the ones affected maybe. If its only the 2 games TS were playing then there is no need to upgrade. If its vista TS wants then its all the reason to upgrade or not to upgrade.
For me i will just wait until Vista is ready, otherwise i am not worry because other software vendors will come out with something that most computer users want. Because we all want an OS that allow us to do what we are doing now everyday and its better if the applications can be done in a shorter time frame. -
as for me, i realised that i dont need laptop at all... i bought because i heard people say that poly need it.. but then its cowdunk. i only bring laptop to sch 3 times so far. i'd rather spend $1633 on a desktop... the performance also better. now i treat my laptop as my PC liao.. everything external.. speakers.. keyboard, mouse..except screen
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I won't disagree with you in your case. But for me its the opposite. I watch some amount of TV and videos and backing them up requires more DVD media and Sata drives (i don't use external drives because its easier and more cost effective to work with internal drives after overcoming the portablility and accessibility issue). I don't really need a notebook for my work and i can always backup the data at my workplace with my own old humble external hard disk. I have thought of getting a one-in-all notebook but considering my diversified usage (some gaming, browsing, file sharing, video, TV etc) and the many options to upgrade and interchange parts (just getting a new LCD when i feel mine is too small or the display has burnt itself out) i guess i am taking another road different from yours.Originally posted by nightzip:i would suggest the opposite actually, that is, to get a good laptop, then totally dispense with your desktop.
Like my case, i got my pc first, then got my laptop(3 years later). Then when my pc spoilt 4 years later. I realised I can actually survive on the laptop alone.
My laptop works as a desktop. When i bring to office, it is my desktop for work. After work, i play games with it. I can always back up my work in office desktop.
Then in weekends, I bring back laptop for home use, like surf web, etc. That is, if you are the only one using the computer.
Just get a backup HDD for data backup on important stuff or personal stuff.
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lol.. i think its all to the user's usage and preference...
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I agree.Originally posted by manyu882:lol.. i think its all to the user's usage and preference...
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yeah. i'm going to a business course...
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which poly? NP and SP requires u to own a laptop, and compulsory~Originally posted by ChairmanJay:yeah. i'm going to a business course...
choose one dat best fits you and ur budget. For me, i got a not so gd laptop coz i had my budget constraint (my gf always laughing at my laptop for being a single core, hers is duo core and dat time core 2 duo was not out yet) and now i am planning to change to core 2 duo
CPU or laptop? if u are going poly, i suggest u get a powerful laptop. 3k for a laptop, u can get very good ones.
for the time being, i dun recommend u to change to vista, if u going poly, nvr ever consider vista, the software dat poly might wan u to install for ur course might not be vista compatible, so dun take the risk. win XP service pack 3 is going to be out, so from this, i think dat XP will still be arnd for quite sometime. -
and i think the offer dat dell computer has (dey hav some promotions dun dey?), the part where dey offer vista home basics, is retarded, because, for a laptop running on vista home basics, doesnt seems logical to me.
i noe wins XP home edition cannot be used in a network environment (example campus' wireless network), so anyone noes if windows vista home basics can actually be used ina network environment?? -
is vaio recommended? i see lappy speed all moderate one. not fast de. can name me a laptop which is the most value-for-money. brand i don't mind as long as it's presentable.
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acer...dats the brand of my laptop....Originally posted by ChairmanJay:is vaio recommended? i see lappy speed all moderate one. not fast de. can name me a laptop which is the most value-for-money. brand i don't mind as long as it's presentable.
i slam it on the floor once (coz i was damn angry n upset), n it still worked perfectly fine, juz dat one part came off but i fixed it back. another time when i carried my laptop across the singapore custom i dropped it on the floor while trying to put it into the x-ray scanner.....but it still worked perfectly fine and only a small dent in the casing....
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anyone knows what's e different btw sata and non-sata? why sata more ex..?
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Sata HDD is more Faster than non-sata.Originally posted by ChairmanJay:anyone knows what's e different btw sata and non-sata? why sata more ex..? -
to explain further,Originally posted by GSL:Sata HDD is more Faster than non-sata.
current sata(serial ata) bus support up to 150mBps. however, right now, no sata disk could actually send this fast.. cos now existing sata disk speed can spin 60mBps.
IDE bus runs at approx +/- 130mBps. now existing IDE max disk speed can go to 50+mBps. IDE can go parallel... so if u use 2 IDE disk which can add up to 110+mBps if both drives sends data through the bus. -
If Mac has the same number of users as MS most would have chosen a Mac. If PATA has the same throughput as SATA in real world applications, why is SATA widely accepted in desktop and RAID? Read more pros about the whole SATA concept here and all over the web.
Also if you have checked prices for the same capacity of SATA and PATA hard disks, SATA hard disks may only cost as low as a few dollars more over a PATA per unit. -
I couldn't agree wif you more i dropped one too but it worked fine however my friend had got no luck too bad it died on him when he dropped itOriginally posted by hiphop2009:and i think the offer dat dell computer has (dey hav some promotions dun dey?), the part where dey offer vista home basics, is retarded, because, for a laptop running on vista home basics, doesnt seems logical to me.
i noe wins XP home edition cannot be used in a network environment (example campus' wireless network), so anyone noes if windows vista home basics can actually be used ina network environment??
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ok..
anyone using dell laptops? i wanted a dual core, with 1gb ram lappy